Aktivierung! Oder De-Aktivierung? Intensität und Wirkungen der Aktivierung bei älteren ALG II-Bezieher/ innen / Activation! Or de-activation? Intensity and effects of activation on older recipients of unemployment benefit II

Brussig Martin () and Knuth Matthias ()
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Brussig Martin: Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation (IAQ) Universität Duisburg-Essen D-47057 Duisburg
Knuth Matthias: Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation (IAQ) Universität Duisburg-Essen D-47057 Duisburg

Arbeit, 2010, vol. 19, issue 4, 253-266

Abstract: This paper analyses intensity and effects of activation strategies towards older recipients of unemployment benefit II (UB II) (age 50 and older). The focus is on service elements of the activation process, such as counselling, personal integration plans, and job offers, instead of participation in programmes such as further training schemes or job creation schemes. Our results show that older recipients of UB II have been “activated” to a much lower extent than younger recipients (age 30 to 49), and that activation of older recipients of UB II leads only rarely - and in contrast to younger recipients - into new employment or to a quit of benefit recipience.

Keywords: Older employees; unemployment; activating labour market policy; basic income support for jobseekers; Ältere Arbeitnehmer/innen; Arbeitslosigkeit; Aktivierende Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende; Older employees; unemployment; activating labour market policy; basic income support for jobseekers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2010-0404

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